Method and device for sleep analysis and therapy

摘要

The present invention is related to a device and method for improvement of sleep testing and sleep therapy using acoustic data to examine various aspects of a subject's sleep quality. More particularly, the method and device of the present invention includes the use of an acoustic actuator and an acoustic sensor to acoustically monitor the state of a subject's airway during sleep in order to determine airway obstructions and their locations as they relate to, among other variables, a subject's sleep stage, body position and sleep quality.

主权项

1. A method of diagnosing and treating sleep related airway obstructions of a subject comprising the steps of:
conducting a sleep test using a data acquisition system comprising at least one actuator and at least one sensor, the at least one actuator being an acoustic generator and the at least one sensor being an acoustic sensor, the sleep test comprising the step of measuring or estimating a subject's airway for obstruction(s) during sleep with both the at least one actuator and at least one sensor of the data acquisition system, using the measured or estimated obstruction(s) in the subject's airway determined during the sleep test, at least in part, to make a determination of tissue to be removed or extracted during surgery, and performing surgery to remove, at least in part, the obstruction(s) identified at least in part by the sleep test.